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America's Fastest-Growing Suburbs - Yahoo! Real Estate These are in general areas where HOAs are prevalent in new housing, or even manda...

The full Twin Rivers decision Here is some language directly from the opinion, confirming that citizens of New Jersey can assert free speech...

NJVoices: Frank Askin reacts to the Twin Rivers decision Frank Askin, who represented the plaintiffs in the Twin Rivers case, has a not-so-n...

JCC offers homeowners' association seminars -- dailypress.com Now, this is something that should be applauded. I wish more local governm...

Link to Twin Rivers syllabus (rewritten for clarity--EM) Here is a snippet from the summary, taken from the Court's website, of how the ...

Court: Free speech is not guaranteed This is very unfortunate: The state Supreme Court ruled today that residents of homeowners associations...

cbs2chicago.com - Video Library: The case of the poisoned tree... Mystery Reader sends the link to the video of the poison tree mystery ment...

Losses Climb for Homeowner Groups - washingtonpost.com Another one of those isolated instances: RICHMOND, July 19 -- At least $2 million was...

SignOnSanDiego.com > News > North County -- City will pay condo owners $12.5 million The city of Carlsbad will pay $12.5 million to re...

Homeowners Associations: CAI-CLAC opposition to AB 952 Here is a link to AHRC's posting of the email the Community Associations Institut...

cbs2chicago.com - Fight Over Aurora Pine Tree Spills Into Court Mystery Reader sends this story about a real mystery...who poisoned the tree...

FOXNews.com - Report: Man with Almost No Brain Has Led Normal Life I'm glad he managed to find a walk of life that suited him... French...

Charlotte Observer | 07/19/2007 | Residents: Sign enforcers go too far Another Fred Pilot link to a story of a city behaving like an HOA: Ch...

AB 952 Assembly Bill - Bill Analysis CAI is vehemently opposed to this bill and has issued a call-to-arms for members to get busy. Here is ...

Allotment holders have been told they could be liable if trespassers injure themselves on their land. A link from Mystery Reader concerning ...

Dear Piece Of Trash: - July 19, 2007 This Smoking Gun link was sent my way by Mystery Reader. This is some choice venom from a public offici...

cbs4.com - Bird Lakes Residents Continue Fight Against HOA Fred Pilot sent this link to a story of resistance to being conscripted into an H...

Idiocy Monica Caruso sends this link to a light-hearted poster that epitomizes the problem with people in groups, including an undetermined ...

Miami Condo Glut Pushes Florida's Economy to Brink of Recession In the middle of the biggest glut of condominiums in more than 30 years,...

APP.COM - Condo fee at closing legalized under bill | Asbury Park Press Online Did you hear a loud "KA-CHING"? FREEHOLD — What sta...